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Country | Poland |
Region | Łódź voivodeship |
Surface | 16.9 km² |
Population | 24 033 |
Area code | 48 43 |
Postal Code | 98-300 |
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Wieluń - city in Poland, in voivodeship of Lodz, headquarters Wieluń County and Wieluń commune.
Characteristic
World War II began with the bombing of Wieluń on September 1 at 4:40 a.m. and was carried out by Luftwaffe dive bombers. It is often cited as an example of Nazi bestiality and unjustified terror, the terror of German aviation during World War II. Almost the entire city, of no strategic importance, was destroyed, and most of the population was killed.
Geographical location: 51 ° 13′21 ″ N 18 ° 34′26 ″ E
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By plane
The nearest airport is in Lodz in Lublinek, is served by the so-called low cost airlines. Port Lotniczy Łódź im. Władysław Reymont [1] (IATA: LCJ, ICAO: EPLL), tel. 48 42 688 84 14, [email protected]
By rail
There is the Wieluń Dąbrowa railway station in the south-western part of the city and a stop Wieluń Town located right next to the viaduct over the national road No. 8, the railway line No. 181 Herby Nowe-Krzepice-Wieluń, built in 1926, runs through the town.Wieruszów-Kepno-Syców-Olesnica (originally built as Kalety-Podzamcze). It operated until August 31, 1979 The Wieluń Narrow Gauge Railwaythat connected Wieluń with Praszka.
By car
Wieluń is an important communication junction.
The following national roads run through the city:
- national road 74: Wieluń - A1 motorway - Piotrkow Trybunalski – Kielce – Zamosc - Country Border (Ukraine)
- national road no. 43: Wieluń - A1 motorway - Czestochowa
- national road No. 45: Racibórz – Opole – Kluczbork - Wieluń - S8 – (Poznan/Łódź)
and provincial roads:
- Voivodeship road No. 481: Wieluń - Graces – (Łódź)
- Voivodeship road No. 486: Wieluń - Działoszyn – (Radomsko).
Construction is currently underway the northern bypass cities along the national road No. 74.
- The S8 expressway runs in the vicinity of Wieluń, with two road junctions near the town: "Wieluń" to the west and "Złoczew" to the north of Wieluń.
The construction of the 70-kilometer one is also announced the "Kalisko-Wieluński" route connecting Wieluń with Kalisz.
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By ship
Communication
Worth seeing
Sights of the city:
- Defensive walls
- Relics of the Powder Magazine Tower and the Treasury Tower, the Torment Tower and the Swawola Tower
- Kraków Gate and town hall
- Kaliska Gate
- Former castle
- Corpus Christi Collegiate Church
- St. Nicholas and the Bernardine Convent
- St. Barbara
- Church and Reformed Monastery
- The building of the former Piarist College
- St. Joseph
- Evangelical Church
- building Museum of the Wieluń Region
- Cemeteries - Roman catholic and the Evangelical Cemetery
- The rectory of the parish of St. Joseph
- Wieluński House of Culture - former church
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Tourist information
The hiking trail of the Wieluń Jura and several bicycle routes has its origins in Wieluń. The Horse Trail of the Wieluń Jura also begins at the city border. Most of the hiking trails pass through the nearby one Załęczański Landscape Park.
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